2015 Worldcon Site Selection

There were three bidders for the 2015 Worldcon which completed the bid filing and appeared on the site selection ballot: Helsinki in 2015, Orlando in 2015 and Spokane in 2015. Voting was conducted by the 2013 Worldcon, LoneStarCon 3 and ended at 6pm on Saturday.

The ballots cast were:

Bid	Mail-In	Thurs	Fri	Sat	Total
Helsinki in 2015	85	124	155	164	528
Orlando in 2015	42	69	82	111	304
Spokane in 2015	72	90	116	192	470
None of The Above	3	0	0	4	7
Invalid ballots	0	0	0	3	3
Boston Xman 2020	0	1	2	0	3
Minneapolis	0	1	0	2	3
Locust Grove, VA	0	0	2	0	2
?	1	0	0	0	1
Boston, NZ	0	1	0	0	1
Cokee County	0	0	0	1	1
Minneapolis in '73	0	1	0	0	1
Minneapolis in 1873	1	0	0	0	1
Pyongyang	0	0	0	1	1
Slab City	0	1	0	0	1
Xerpes in 2010	0	0	0	1	1
Total with Preference	204	288	357	479	1328
No Preference	6	1	7	6	20
Total valid votes	210	289	364	485	1348

On this round, 665 votes were needed to win (one more than 1328/2), so no bid won outright. Following preferential ballot counting rules, all of the hoax votes as well as None of the Above were eliminated and those ballot's next choices were redistributed, yielding the following:

Bid	Mail-In	Thurs	Fri	Sat	Total
Helsinki in 2015	86	127	155	165	533
Orlando in 2015	42	70	82	113	307
Spokane in 2015	74	91	118	198	481
Total with Preference	202	288	355	476	1321
No Preference	8	1	9	9	27
Total valid votes	210	289	364	485	134

At this point, 661 votes were needed to win (1 more than 1321/2) and, again, there was no winner. The lowest placing bidder, Orlando in 2015 was eliminated and the second preferences of its voters were redistributed to the remaining two bidders, yielding:

Bid	Mail-In	Thurs	Fri	Sat	Total
Helsinki in 2015	94	143	177	196	610
Spokane in 2015	95	130	163	257	645
Total with Preference	189	273	340	453	1255
No Preference	21	16	24	32	93
Total valid votes	210	289	364	485	1348

628 votes (one more than 1255/2) votes were needed to win, and Spokane in 2015 was declared the winner.

It's interesting to note that when the 307 votes for Orlando in 2015 were redistributed, 77 went to Helsinki in 2015, 66 showed no further preference, and 168 went to Spokane in 2015, producing a victory for Spokane.

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